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  1. WI The Japanese don't surrender.

    My all time favorite might-have-been American WW II aircraft.
  2. WI The Japanese don't surrender.

    Okay. Reality check. The IJA had less than one full regiment of infantry on Hokkiado. Virtually no combat aircraft (and no fuel for any that were still present). No naval forces worth the title. No hope of reinforcement. There is a thread here where the actual foces on Hokkiado in July of 1945...
  3. Why no tall buildings in Britain?

    Uh... You say all that like its a bad thing. :p
  4. WI "The final countdown" happened?

    God, that game sucked.
  5. WI "The final countdown" happened?

    Interesting. I've seen multiple sources stating they had SIOP responsibilities right up to the date that the U.S. pulled nukes off surface ships. Of course, I've never seen the SIOP. If I had I wouldn't be able to speculate about it, much less talk about it.
  6. WI "The final countdown" happened?

    Wow! A movie star as a member!! w00t!! :D:p:D (Actually, that is pretty cool. Did you get to meet Kirk Douglas?)
  7. WI "The final countdown" happened?

    There would be a lot more than tactical weapons aboard. There would be B-61 strategic gravity bombs and also a decent chance of BGM-109A ALCM with the W-80 warhead. Both were carried by the A-6. There is also the possibility of the B-43 weapon being aboard which the A-7 could carry as well as...
  8. WI "The final countdown" happened?

    Definitely belongs in ASB. There are several threads on the subject there. Nevertheless... The movie took place before the U.S. took nukes off of surface warships. The ship has hundreds of highly skilled nuclear engineers (a Ph.D or two wouldn't be out of the realm of the possible)...
  9. Alternate Midway

    Actually, at least according to her table of movements from the terrific combinedfleet.com, she was in the IO, but not a part of the Kido Butai. To quote the site: There is no mention that she was attached to CarDiv 1, 2 or 3. The quote above is also found in several other sources, all of...
  10. Alternate Midway

    Combinedfleet.com also states that Junyo (and her sister Hiyo) also never made better than 23 knot during the entire war. The ship was also still shaking down when it was used at Midway, having been commissioned on 5/3/42 which was only 23 days before she sailed for the Aleutians (in all...
  11. Alternate Midway

    Neither of the IJN light carrierc could operate with the Kido Butai. Both were far too slow, Junyo was too slow to operate with the battlship force without slowing it down (she was rated for 23 knots, but she never saw 21 knots in reality). The Japanese BB were well behind the carriers because...
  12. japan invades india

    Somehow I think attacking India in 1931 is beyond the IJN/IJA's capability.
  13. Cheney killed in 2007 assasination attempt

    Wait... Wouldn't this have made George W Bush President? :eek:
  14. Alternate Midway

    The enclosed hangers were a significant factor in preventing gas vapors from venting from a ship. In addition to the losses at Midway, there was also the famed loss of the Taiho from a single torpedo hit. The loss of Taiho was virtually 100% due to the combination of enclosed hanger deck, her...
  15. japan invades india

    It's like watching a train wreck. You feel bad later for staring at the carnage, but at the time it is horrifically compelling.
  16. Alternate Midway

    The Japanese lose another deck. The battle was more than a upset. It showed that, even at the early point in the war that the Japanese basic combat theory for carrier combat had serious, and, as it turned out, fatal flaws. These included the regrettable (from IJN perspective) habit of A6M...
  17. Alternate Midway

    No. I try to give every time a different touch. It is nice to be able to respond without checking resources. :)
  18. Alternate Midway

    There is a basic flaw in the way you see the battle should have been conducted, you are looking back from 70 years on and applying 70 years of tactical and strategic evolution to the battle, not to mention knowledge of what happened. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, had ever done anything remotely...
  19. Challenge: HMS Hood, Flagship of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War

    Actually an Exocet is too small and has far too little mass to equal at 15" shell. The German WW II 15"/380mm AP shell (Bismarck) weighed 1,764 pounds and traveled at 2,690 FPS (roughly 1,834 MPH) and was equipped with an armor piercing nosecap designed to defeat 9"+ of Krupps armor. The...
  20. Challenge: HMS Hood, Flagship of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War

    If you take her to full museum ship bringing her back is impractical. Engine interior parts rust, freeze up as do the other mechanical bits. The Iowas that have been farmed out cost a fortune for this very reason. The Congress made it part of the law that allowed the use of the ships as...
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